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Jacqueline Charles' Spinning in the Miami Herald on behalf of Aristide and Fanmi Lavalas

In a recent article in the Miami Herald Jacqueline Charles described Aristide as a potent force in Haiti and his party Fanmi Lavalas as the most popular political party in Haiti

miamiherald.com/news/americas/haiti/story/928042.html.

This assertion is not based on facts but rather conjecture and spin. If Lavalas is so popular, the 2006 election results do not reflect it. If it is so popular, why does it resort so often to violence and manipulations to rigging elections?

I was wondering how Jacqueline Charles arrived at such a statement.

In Haiti's last national elections Fanmi Lavalas won four of 30 senate seats -- the same amount as the Social Democrats FUSION.

Preval's Lespwa party won 11 seats.

In the lower house, Fanmi Lavalas picked up only six seats of the 99 seats up for election failing to win elections in seven of the ten departments.

Lespwa won 19 seats, OPL won 10, Fusion 14, and Alyans 13. Can anyone explain to me why Jacqueline Charles is referring to Fanmi Lavalas as Haiti's most popular party?

One analyst answered, Aristide's-Kurzban's money -- what do you think?

Jacqueline Charles' article completely neglects the criminal infestation of this party.

Since 1995, 99% of those arrested in drug trafficking by the DEA and the Haitian National Police, kidnappings, political violence and corruption are members of Aristide's Fanmi Lavalas party.

This is easy to verify.

It seems that Fanmi Lavalas practices are closer to organized crime than a political party.

So how are they so popular?

Stanley Lucas: www.solutionshaiti.blogspot.com

Omega, March 9 2009, 8:54 AM

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